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RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL PEOPLE SOCIAL
E C O S Y S T E M S STEWARDSHIP FINANCIAL SAFETY PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY

ROCKFUND SCHOLARSHIP
The 'Rockfund Scholarship' initiative commenced three
years ago to help girls from urban poor families to
continue their education in di erent parts of Bengaluru.
girls studying in
Class 5 -10 have been
given scholarships

PROJECT GYANARJAN
A value addition programme was designed to provide HELP VIDYA WRITE
special coaching to students of standard 10th, 11th and
12th. It also helps students perform better in their The 'Help Vidya Write' initiative supports underprivileged
school and helps them secure better results in students studying in the Govt. schools by providing them
competitive exams (CET/NEET). notebooks. The funds for this 5-year-old initiative are
mobilised through employee volunteering and attracts
10th Std. | Achieved 62% average pass enthusiastic support from all ABFRL employees.
,
12th Std. | Achieved 53.48% average pass books collected and distributed
CET Performance | Majority of the students are bene tting 3,467 students from
within 30% of the state rank 20 Government schools
Career counselling and personality development
sessions were also organised by experts focussing on UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION
holistic development of the girl students. For the 6th year in a row, ABFRL has provided additional
rural girls support to encourage education by supplying uniforms

supported
to children studying in Government schools.
this year
, total , students supported.
2,360 girls and 2,189 boys
studying in 35 schools
bene ciary
count till date

SUCCESS STORY | GYANARJAN
Rubina
Channapattana, Karnataka
Being part of a large family, dependent on a single
meagre income, Rubina faced adverse situation when
pursuing her Std. 10th board exam. Despite being a
bright student, Rubina s ambition of topping her school
in the 10th grade seemed a distant dream as her family
couldn t a ord to send her for additional coaching.
Gyanarjan came to her rescue and o ered her special
coaching classes to aid her preparation for the board
exam. With the help of this project, Rubina became an
SSLC topper. She continued her journey with Gyanarjan
through the next two years and once again made us
proud by securing the second rank in her 12th grade.
She is currently pursuing her BSc. in agriculture and
aspires to be an IAS o cer.

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